Fine-grained Calcite Marble (Carrara Marble)3D ModelNoAI
Fine-grained Calcite Marble (Carrara Marble)
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Locality: Carrara, Italy
No.: 2023
Size: 7 x 5.5 x 2.4 cm
Type: Metamorphic rock
Description: Marble is a medium to coarse-grained, non-foliated, a metamorphosed (recrystallized) carbonate rock (limestone - calcite mineral, dolomite rock - dolomite mineral). Marble is mostly composed of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). Marble in Geology has somewhat more restrictive meaning than in commerce. Of great importance in building, both as rough stone and as polished slabs.
Essential minerals: Calcite
Non-essential minerals: sometimes none :), but Graphite, Pyrite, Ilmenite can be present.
Website: http://geology.uaic.ro/muzee/mineralogie/
Concept & 3D-modelling by dr. Andrei Ionut APOPEI
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